Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

Student intern Riley Boyle presents a gift of appreciation to his mentors in the program; Matt Weintraub Esq., Bucks County District Attorney, and Debbie Hubler. District Attorney’s Office Manager.

Project SEARCH Bucks (County) Holds Banquet to Honor Supporters and Participants of the Program’s First Year

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

On Tuesday May 31st, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) host­ed a ban­quet to hon­or the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the first year of Project SEARCH Bucks (County), an intern­ship pro­gram for young adults with intel­lec­tu­al and devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties pro­vid­ing them employ­ment expe­ri­ences through a total immer­sion in the … Read more...

Graduation collages of speakers and presenters

Bucks County Intermediate Unit Honors and Celebrates Their Class of 2022 Graduates

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) was extreme­ly proud to hon­or and cel­e­brate the 45 grad­u­ates of their Class of 2022.  This year’s grad­u­at­ing class includes spe­cial edu­ca­tion stu­dents from 11 Bucks County School Districts, and the School Districts of Eastern Lancaster, Philadelphia, Spring-Ford, and Wyoming Valley. Family, … Read more...

Students work an assembly line to colect itemms for each stocking

2,330 Stockings Completed by Students of the Bucks IU at Samuel Everitt in Their 6th Annual Stockings for Soldiers Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Neither rain nor sleet nor lim­i­ta­tions due to a pan­dem­ic will keep the stu­dents of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at Samuel Everitt from com­plet­ing their annu­al Stockings for Soldiers pro­gram.  In this 6th year, dona­tions of the var­i­ous items to put into the stock­ings, as … Read more...

Mobile Fab Lab Coordinator, Matthew Hayden, introduces Finch robots to the class and is showing them how they will be able to code the robots to move. Photo Credit: Pennridge School District

Bucks IU Fab Lab Awarded $450,000 PAsmart Grant for Mobile Fab Lab Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab is the proud recip­i­ent of a $450,000 PAsmart Innovation Grant to expand its incred­i­bly suc­cess­ful Mobile Fab Lab pro­gram. PAsmart grants are intend­ed to expand access to com­put­er sci­ence and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math (STEM) edu­ca­tion for … Read more...

FablLab center ribbon cutting ceremony

The Bucks IU Celebrates the Grand Opening
of the New Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is very excit­ed to open a learn­ing cen­ter designed and ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port the grow­ing inter­est in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activ­i­ties in Bucks County. The Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) Center is a bright, invit­ing space cen­tral­ly locat­ed at … Read more...

Preschooler getting individual support services in preparation of moving up to Kindergarten.

Collaboration is Key to the Bucks IU Preschool Early Intervention Kindergarten Transition Process

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Each year, approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 stu­dents receive Preschool Early Intervention (PEI) ser­vices from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at loca­tions across the coun­ty. The Bucks IU’s PEI ser­vices are specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to help preschool­ers max­i­mize their growth and devel­op­men­tal gains before start­ing kinder­garten. Of these … Read more...